Autographic register



5 Sheets-Sheet March l2, 1929. R. E. AsBURY ET Ax.

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AUTOGRAPHI C REGI STER Filed may 21. 1927 istante-sneer 2 March 12, 1929- R. E. AsBuRY ET AL AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed May 21, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet Patented Mar. 12, 1929. p

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH E. ASBURY AND RALPH A. KENNEDY, F HAMILTON, OHIO.

.AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Application filed May 21,

This ,invention relates to autographic registers and has for al particular object thereof the provision of a device of this character which may be very readily manipulated and is so constructed that the paper may be readily arranged therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved friction disk mechanism for starting the movement of the papers between the issuing rollers.

devices of this character, it has been found that the use of a lniurled roller results in a barring of the duplicate sheets which is not noted when ay smooth roller is employed. Smooth rollers, however, are found inadequate in starting operation of the sheets to issue the same. Accordingly, an important object of this invention is the provision of a knurled issuing roller so constructed that it will temporarily engage the sheets to cause a movement thereof and after a predetermined movement, will release the sheets, permitting them to move under the infiucnce of smooth surfaced issuing rollers.

further object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which is so mounted that in order to cause an operation thereof, a hey must be pressed by the thumb of the hand operating the shaft bearing the issuing rollers, this key being so located that it cannot conveniently be engaged through more than a certain portion of the rotation of the shaft, so that this roller is released and allowed to come to rest in a manner hereinafter more particularly described, after it has perforined its starting operation.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a. nevel and improved control shaft regulating mechanism, which additionally as a means for locking the double covers with which such machines are usually provided in their closed position. y A further object of the invention is to produce a cover construction for registers of this character of which the covers may be mounted upon a single shaft and are readily movable from open to closed position.

These and other objects we attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of our invention and wherein Figure '1 is a plan view of an autographic register constructed in accordance with our 1927. semi no, 193,287.

invention, the upper cover being shown in the open position and parts being broken away;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fivure 2;

igure 4 is a detail sectional View through the pivot shaft showing the covers in their open position;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Figure 3,

Figure 7 is a plan view of a friction brake for the disk.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 generally designates a casing, the side walls 11 of which are provided upon their interior faces with longitudinally extending racks 12 having slots removably receiving the ends of paper roll shafts 13. Extending transversely of one end of the wall 14 of the casing and mounted in ears 15 carried by this rear wall is a shaft 16, one end of which is extended beyond one side of the casing, as more clearly shown in Figure 1. Mounted upon this shaft are a pair of cover-s 17 and 18, of which the cover 17 or inner cover is of substantially the same width as the casing and the cover 18 or outer cover is Wider than the casing and engages the ends of the shafts 16. Between the covers 17 and 18, at the extended end of the shaft 16, a spacer 19 surrounds the shaft 16 and maintains the cover 18 in its proper osition, that is to say, extended at one side o the casing 10, so that it will overlie the usual carbon spool receptacle 20 mounted on said side of the casing, for the reception of carbon sheets which are to be extended between the sheets from the paper roll 13.

The inner cover 17 has adjacent its hinged edge an opening 21 for the passage of the paper sheets and extending transversely of this opening are rollers 22 corresponding in number to the paper roll 13. Extending transversely of the opening 21 is a shaft 23 having the ends thereof reduced to form pintles, one of which, indicated at 24, is relatively long. This long pintle has surrounding the saine a spring25, which extends between the bearing of Vthe p intle and the body of the shaft and constantly urgesthe shaft transversely of the opening,I 21, so that it frictionally bears against the bearing et the pintle.

Secured tov this shaft is a leaf spring Q6 extending forwardly over the rollers 22 and when the cover 18 is in closed position, it bears against this leaf spring, forcing the same downwardly upon the sheets, passingl over the rollers 22 to provide a rictional drag thereon. The shaft is held in any desired vadjusted position because of the ifrictional mounting thereet and accordingly may be so positioned that it does not in any Way interfere with the passage ot the iaper sheets over the rrollers in threading the machine.

Extended transversely7 of the casing l() and mounted in bearingV 27 carried by the side Walls is a tubular shaft 28 havingl aiiined thereto a gear 29 and a paii.` of teed rollers 30 having smooth peripheries. Rotatably mounted upon the shait at its center and betn'een the feed rollers 30 is a disk 31, one side tace ot which abuts a collar 32 lined to the shaft and the opposite side tace of which is termed .fit-h one member 33 of a aw clutch. This dish, as more clearly shown in Figures 1. and G, has a knurled periphery 34 relieved at intervals by notches The cover 17 is provided with slots 36 for the passage of the peripheries of the gear 29, rollers 30 and dish 31. rlie 1nnurled portions oi the periphery of this disk will extend through the cover when in closed position, but when a notch 39 aligns therewith, there Will be no portion of the dish proj eeting` above the cover to engage the paper sheets passing thereoven. This will be obvious by a comparison of the positions of the dish illustrated in Figures 2 and 6. One end ot the shaft 23 has secured thereto a hellenY arm 37 Within which is slidable a bolt 38, movement of which is limited by a pin 39. At the outer vend of this arm, an op- @rating` handle et() mounted and in one position oit the bolt, its end is extended beyond the outer end of the arm, so that it is accessible to a linger oi the hand of an operator `which is engaged with the handle 40. Slidle in the bore #il of the shaft 2S is a plunger iaving` a rounded outer end 43, which en- 'es against a cani Yiace 4l 'termed upon the iir e: end of the bolt. Engaged with the inner ends oi this plunger is one 'end of a spring housed in the bore 41 and havingv its opposite ends seated against a threaded plusv 4:6 seated in the opposite end ot the shaft ri'roin the arm 37. lt will be obvious that this spring by urging the plunger 4t2 longitudinally will serve to maintain the bolt with its outer end normally extended beyond the outer end of the arm 37. The shaft 27 between the clutch element 33 and the adjacent roller 30 has slidably mounted thereon asecond element Tof the jaw clutch and this element is connected with the plunger 4:2 by a pin 4S extending through a slot 49 formed in the Wall ot the shaft 28. The cover 18 is provided With the usual spring-pressed roller 50 for engaging the upper surfaces of the paper sheets tast over the Cover 17 to urge them into engagement with the peripheries of the rollers 30 and this roller has secured thereto a ear 51, which, in the closed position oi the cover 18, meshes with the gear 29.

Extended through the side walls and parallclinggv the sl itt 28 and the adjacent end wall 52? et the casingl is a roch shaft 53, motion ot which in one direction is limited by engagement oi" an arm .5f-l: 'arricd thereby with the adjacent end wall 52. This rock shaft is constantly urged in this direction by a spring 55 connected to an arin 55 carried by the roch shaft at one end and at its opposite end to the casing` Wall, as indicated at 57. The outer ones oi this rock shaft have secured thereto latches 53 for engagement with pins carried by the upper cover 18 to secure this cover i its closed position.

fr irict-ion brake is provided for the dish 35 Ywhich also comprises a means for maintaining this disk in engagement With the collar rl`his bra.1E 'e comprises spring` arms 60 engagingat diametrically opposed points in groove 61 formed in the hub ot the disk 35 and substantially litt-ing this groove. The ends et these arms at one side are connected, at a'ndat the opposite side are provided With spring loops 63 embracine the roch shaft 53. will be obvious that in the placement of these coils about the shaft, a tension is placed against the arms 60, tending to move them in opposite directions, so that they Will bind upon the sides or" the grooves and tend to retard rotation oiIl the disk. A collar 64: upon the shaft 53 limits movement of the coils 63 thereon in a direction which Would permit the dish to separate from the collar 32. It will be obvious that this dish Will be stationary, unles" the clutch elements and i7 are engaged or the paper sheets are ,moving While the knuried periphery of the dish projects through its opening 3G. Under the latter circumstances, movement oit the dish will only continue until a notch 35 registers with the opening.

Loosely mounted upon the 'it 53 at jacent the gear 29 is a sleeve (35. Vthis sleeve has secured thereto a dos' arm 66 adapted to enter between the teeth of thc rear 2S) and a sto) arm (37 adapted to engage the casingwhen, the denr G6 is engaged between the teethV and limit rotation oi the sleeve. The sleeve (S5 has also mounted thereon a control arm 68, the outer end et Which is reverted to iorm a hook 69. rlhe hub of the gear 29 is termed with a groove 70, With which is engaged a spring hook 71, which has rictional engagement Withthe base 01"' this hook because of its resiliency and which has an arm '72. the lower y end of' which has a'heok 7 3 engaging in the hook 69. The arm 68, hooi; 69 and dog arms i, k no G6 have suflicient weight to overbalance the arm and to cause thc sleeve 65 to rotate in a direction releasing` the dog Go' from the teeth of the Q9. lf, however, the gear Q9 is rot-ated in the reverse of the direction in which it should rotate to properly feed the sheets, the friction heel: Tl 'will rotate therew' 1h and the hook of the arm Z thereof will engage against the arm 63 and move the same in a direction such that the dec, Gti eae'an'ed in the teeth of the gear and rot n checked.

lt will be obvious that by employing a construction of this character, positive control of "ie ''ced mechanism provided and a device is predrced which su stantially foolproof. ldai'ig'ing of the sheets is prevented by reason of the fact that traction during a major portion of the operation is provided by the smooth rollers for it will he obvious that it is practically iin'L ,sible for the operatorto keep a linger Y the end of the bolt 38 for a complete lon of the operat handle. This heine' th'- ci as soon as the in is released, the clutch elements will be disengaged and the disk 3l freed. lf linurled periphery is in engagement with the paper at the time of freeing of the clutch elements, rotation will continue until a notch is aligned with the openine', when the paper will be disengaged and the dish 3l stationary. The ears supporting' the iaft lo have en- `easement with the covers l? and i8, more clearly shown in Figure 1l, wherebyT the cover 18 is lcrmitted to rotate further about the pivot shaft than the cover iT, so that the cover 17 is always separated from the cover i8 when they are in open position and the introduction of the papers about the rollers is thus facilitated.

Since the construction hercinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departine' from the spirit of the invention, wel do not limit ourselves to such speeiiic strneture eK- cept as hereinafter claimed.

We claim l. ln a trip mechanism for autirg'raphie registers, a sh aft. a pair of f ed rollei'g thereto and having' smooth peri )he starting' roller rotatably mounte 'l having; an interriipte-L lmui ineans frictionally holdin;T the starti l,

rotation, a spring' withdrawn clee ao'ainst ment for clutching the starting roller to the shaft, an arm secured to said shaft, a handle carried by the outer ends of the arm whereby the shaft may be rotated, and means for operating said clutch including a member shiftable longitudinally7 of the arm and normally projecting' at the outer end thereof wnereby it is accessible to a linger of a hand to eng', e with said handl- 2. In a trip mechanism for autographie registers, a hollow shaft, a pair of feed rollers secured thereto, a starting roller rotatably mounted on the shaft havinfr an interrupted knurled periphery, means frietionally holding the starting roller against rotation, a rod extending longitudinally of the interior of the shaft to one end thereof, a clutch ele` ment for clutching` the starting,l roller to the shaft secured to said rod, a spring within the shaft normally shifting' the'rod to a position where the clutch element is disengaged from the startingr roller, an arm secured to said shaft, a handle at the outer end. of the arm whereby the shaft may be rotated, and means for shiftingl said clutch rod comprising a member lonfritudinally shiftable 'upon said arm and normally projecting at the outer end thereof whereby said member is accessible to a finger of the hand engaged with the handle.

3. ln a trip mechanism for autoe'raphie registers, a hollow shaft, a pair of feed rollers secured thereto, a starting' roller rotatably mounted on the shaft having an interrupted lrnurled periphery, means frictionally holdingr the starting roller against rotation, a rod extending longitudinally of the interior of the shaft to one end thereof, a clutch element for clutching' the starting roller to the shaft secured to said rod, a springl within the shaft normally shifting' the rod to a position where the clutch element is disengaged from the starting roller, a handle carried by said end of the shaft and including' a hollow arm having a hand grip at its outer` end and operating members within the hollow arm an d shiftable longitudinally thereof and havingY a cam face against which the outer end of the rod engages, the member hai/ino` a portion nrojecting from the arm accessible to a linger of a hand engaged with the hand grip. l

ln testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

RALPH E. ASBURY. RALPH A. KENNEDY. 

